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By RICHARD JENKINS [email protected] IRONWOOD - Those enjoying Festival Ironwood activities over the next several days may notice a new feature in Depot Park, as the city workers installed a Little Free Library in front of the Old Depot Building that houses the Ironwood Chamber of Commerce and Ironwood Historical Society Monday. The little library, a replica of the depot building behind it, uses the "take a penny, leave a penny" concept honor system to spread literacy in communities. U...
By RALPH ANSAMI [email protected] MELLEN, Wis. - More than six weeks after a Bergland woman was reported missing, her family is still seeking information as to what happened to her. Jody Lynn Newberry, 54, went missing at a music festival near Mellen, Wis., on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Her family continues to use Facebook, hundreds of posters and other media outlets to try to stir up some tips that may be helpful in solving her May 26 disappearance, but has been unsuccessful....
By JEAN NORDINE [email protected] IRONWOOD — Connie Hicks and Kim Zekovich, representing Gogebic Community College, were on hand to answer questions for those who took part in the Schneider Trucking job fair held at Michigan Works Wednesday. The college has held Commercial Drivers License classes for the past two years and will begin their third class this fall semester with Hicks as the lead instructor. One of the trucks they use for instructing is parked in the old K-Mart lot across from Cloverland Cinema. The semi sports an a...
Thursday, July 19 Festival Ironwood; live music, art reception, dart tournament; Depot Park, Ironwood. Pickleball, 9-11 a.m. Hemlock Av. tennis courts, if raining, Ironwood Memorial Building. Red Cross Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Gogebic Community College, E4946 Jackson Rd. Gogebic County Veterans Service Officer, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Wakefield City Hall; 1-2 p.m., Watersmeet Township; 2:45-3:15 p.m., Marenisco Township. 906-667-1110. Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, Salem Lutheran Church, Ironwood. area74.org. “Civil War Songs” with Charlie Sup...
BESSEMER, Mich. - Ronald Knief, age 82, of Bessemer, passed away on July 1, 2018. Ronald was born on Jan. 11, 1936, in St. Ignace, to Alvin and Hedwig "Haddie" (Glatz) Knief. He graduated from Ironwood High School in 1954. In 1956, he graduated from Gogebic Community College. He received a full scholarship to the University of Michigan, but left college to serve in the U.S. Army. While in the Army he worked for the Army Security Agency traveling throughout Europe. He helped build the largest...